The ABC has two weeks to appeal the warrant, but an appeal is unsuccessful or does not go ahead the AFP would be allowed to access those document.

Asked whether the ABC was considering legal action for the return of the documents, ABC chair Ita Buttrose said the broadcaster had consulted lawyers about its option but had not "briefed anybody yet".

"At this point, we're really assessing the allegations to see what actions can be taken and we want to make sure that we're in the strongest available position to defend ourselves and also our journalists," Buttrose told ABC radio on Monday.

Matthew Collins QC, president of the Victorian Bar Council, confirmed to AAP he had been retained by the ABC but could not comment further.

ABC Chair Ita Buttrose. Image: Getty Images.

Buttrose also said she would be meeting with Prime Minister Scott Morrison about the raid this week.

"I'm not going to tell the prime minister what to do but I will tell him how we feel at the ABC and how I feel," she said.

Buttrose has already told Communications Minister Paul Fletcher the raid on the ABC and the "sweeping nature" of the information sought was "clearly designed to intimidate".